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THE WALL STREET JOURNALG uide to Cryptic CrosswordsWHAT MAKES A CROSSWORD Cryptic ?For those new to the game, we reveal the secret in a nutshell: The clues each have two parts. One part is a normal definition of the answer; the other is an additional hint using two hints in each clue might seem a big giveaway to solvers. Why aren t these clues twice as easy? The hitch: Either hint may come first. The definition may appear before or after the wordplay hint, often without any punctuation to mark the point of division. The challenge and fun of a Cryptic puzzle is to see through the puzzle writer s deceptions, to tease out the definition by rethinking the clue s now without further fanfare, we reveal the basic tricks of the Cryptic DOUBLE DEFINITIONSThe simplest kind of wordplay hint in a clue is a second definition.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Guide to Cryptic Crosswords WHAT MAKES A CROSSWORD CRYPTIC? For those new to the game, we reveal the secret in a nutshell:
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